People are pictured at a trestle bridge over Kandawgyi lake in the early morning in Yangon, Myanmar, Jan. 3, 2026.

YANGON, Myanmar – When Thant Zin Maung decided to return home last October, he told his boys to play their hearts out. “Play as much as you can, because once you’re back you can’t play as much,” he ...

Sitting on a tiny stool with a small table in front of him, an old men energetically sews a book's binding. When he realises that our camera is pointed in his direction, he takes a break from his work ...

There’s nowhere in Asia like Yangon any more — a cityscape studded with hundreds of grand and humble buildings from the colonial era amid multiethnic communities that have remained vibrant for a ...

YANGON (dpa) – Myanmar’s golden era for modern art, at least in the commercial sense, was a fairly fleeting affair. “1994 to 1995 were our best years. After that it’s gone downhill,” said Myint Lwin, ...

Dispatch is a series of first-person stories from the road. Readers can share their experiences, from the sublime to the strange. In Yangon, everyone is a restaurateur. Come evening, scores of plastic ...

Some weeks back, I wrote about the political changes in Myanmar, a country I visited for four days in February. I would have followed it up the following week with this article on Yangon, Myanmar’s ...

YANGON, Myanmar – When Thant Zin Maung decided to return home last October, he told his boys to play their hearts out. “Play as much as you can, because once you’re back you can’t play as much,” he ...